Damerham Wiltshire Family History Guide

Damerham is an Ancient Parish originally in the county of Wiltshire until 1895 when it was transferred to the county of Hampshire. Martin is a chapelry of Damerham.

Other places in the parish include: South End, North End, and East End.

Alternative names: South Damerham

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1678
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606; 1622

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DAMERHAM (South), a parish and a hundred in Wilts.

The parish is in Fordingbridge district; lies on an affluent of the river Avon, at the boundary with Dorset, 3 miles W of Fordingbridge r. station, and 7½ NW by N of Ringwood; includes the tythings of East End, North End, and South End; and has a post office, of the name of Damerham, under Salisbury. Acres, 4,310. Real property, with Martin and Whichbury, £9,674. Pop., 697. Houses, 149. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, 320. Patron, the Earl of Chichester. The church is good; and there are chapels for Independents and Baptists.

The hundred contains also four other parishes. Acres, 16,832. Pop., 3,008. Houses, 694.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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England, Hampshire, Damerham
England, Wiltshire, Damerham (South)

England, Wiltshire, South Damerham – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. George, Damerham, monumental inscriptions, 1708-1980
Author: Hampshire Genealogical Society

England, Wiltshire, South Damerham – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for South Damerham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Wiltshire, South Damerham – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for South Damerham, 1606-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of South Damerham (Wiltshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1753-1788
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of South Damerham (Wiltshire); Farnham, Jean

England, Wiltshire, South Damerham – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court roll of the manors of Damerham, Martin and Tidpit, Wiltshire, 1706-1744
Author: Manor of Damerham. Court (Wiltshire); Manor of Tidpitt. Court (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, South Damerham – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments in South Damerham, Wiltshire 1780-1837
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Window tax for South Damerham, Wiltshire, 1785
Author: Great Britain. Exchequer

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Fordingbridge
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Salisbury
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Chalke
  • Poor Law Union: Fordingbridge
  • Hundred: South Damerham
  • Province: Canterbury